Neck + Fretboard same wood = one piece ?

[DanTM]

Hi there !

I am about to place my first order. A Black Korina 7/8 HS guitar with a Wenge neck.

I am now wondering if I will receive a one piece wenge neck if I chose wenge as core wood + wenge as fretboard (I will not make a unique top choice) ? WIll Warmoth send me a one piece wenge neck with a skunk stripe in the back or will they "just" pick one neck blank and put a random wenge fretboard on it ?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[bagman67]

It appears from the neck builder online that "Modern" (i.e., two piece) construction is all that's available for the 7/8-scale necks.  I would phone or email Warmoth to be certain.



See:  https://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Necks/NeckConstructions.aspx

 

[stratamania]

The only 7/8 necks I have seen available are modern construction, so that means it will be a separate fretboard.

Of course, you could ask if the same piece of wood could be used for both so when joined it would look like one piece. That might be a possibility. But this construction type does not have a skunk stripe.

 

[musicispeace]

I recall a previous phone conversation with Warmoth where they mentioned most or all of the exotic woods are done as two piece necks.

 

[Toulouse_Tuhles]

I've had in the past, two piece that were really, really close to looking like one.  And some were quite different as well.  Depends on the blanks available I suspect.
One thing you can do is somewhat "hide" the seam with binding.

 

[swarfrat]

Has Aaron done a one piece neck comparison vid yet?

 

[Toulouse_Tuhles]

I can you from experience, its minimal... minimal.... tone difference.  Neck "core" wood is the main thing next to pickups for tone.  Even body wood is way down the list.  Neck is the most resonant thing on the instrument, and the one piece vs slabbed with rosewood, pau-ferro, ebony... etc... is not all that much tone difference.  HOWEVER - my own opinion is that one piece needs fewer or not as great seasonal adjustments in the truss rod.  When the wood is the same all the way thru, there is not added flex that the slab glued to it can provide.  But, that's just my take on things.

 

[swarfrat]

Yeah, I was expecting another half a frogs hair difference if anything. But it's another sacred cow and sooner or later it should probably end up on Aaron's grill.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

My dad used to swear that the dried rattle from the tail of a rattlesnake laying around in the body of his old acoustic guitar made it sound better, but then again, he couldn't hear me speaking to him from across the room, so, there's that...

 

[BigSteve22]

My dad used to swear that the dried rattle from the tail of a rattlesnake laying around in the body of his old acoustic guitar made it sound better, but then again, he couldn't hear me speaking to him from across the room, so, there's that...

Tony, I'll tell you the same thing I told my sons: If your Dad said it, believe it. He wouldn't steer you wrong!  :icon_thumright: